Nick Statt
@nickstatt.bsky.social
Sr. Producer on Vox Media’s Decoder podcast. Former gaming/tech reporter & editor with Protocol, Verge, CNET.
Addicted to Marvel Snap and telling myself I should read more. I have a cat named General Bean Sprout.
Addicted to Marvel Snap and telling myself I should read more. I have a cat named General Bean Sprout.
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
I feel like the Made In griddle has earned enough mobile ad impressions from me personally that they should just send me a free one. I earned it.
January 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I feel like the Made In griddle has earned enough mobile ad impressions from me personally that they should just send me a free one. I earned it.
We spoke to the excellent Riana Pfefferkorn from @stanfordhai about Grok, Elon, and the state of content moderation for this week’s Decoder explainer on the undressing crisis on X and what can but isn’t being done about deepfakes. www.theverge.com/podcast/8652...
Grok, deepfakes, and what’s left of content moderation
Grok’s AI undressing crisis reveals the limit of tech accountability.
www.theverge.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 PM
We spoke to the excellent Riana Pfefferkorn from @stanfordhai about Grok, Elon, and the state of content moderation for this week’s Decoder explainer on the undressing crisis on X and what can but isn’t being done about deepfakes. www.theverge.com/podcast/8652...
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I keep thinking about the number of people that have to be involved to kidnap a small child, transport him to one facility or another, then an airport, then a plane, then another facility. Did no one on that chain stop and say hey what the fuck?
If only they had had time for the "don't kidnap 5-year-olds and send them to detention centers 1000 miles away from their families" training module
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 22, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I keep thinking about the number of people that have to be involved to kidnap a small child, transport him to one facility or another, then an airport, then a plane, then another facility. Did no one on that chain stop and say hey what the fuck?
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I remember getting barked at online for making an incredibly mild environmental impact joke about NFTs. Crypto deserves endless ridicule.
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I remember getting barked at online for making an incredibly mild environmental impact joke about NFTs. Crypto deserves endless ridicule.
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We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
I cannot believe the Wordle on May 25, 2023 was BAGEL and I fucking missed it. Heartbreaking
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I cannot believe the Wordle on May 25, 2023 was BAGEL and I fucking missed it. Heartbreaking
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I am so proud to help announce a new video game website! In the year 2026!
@midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com join Post Games to talk about mothership.blog. Plus, they share a history of women in games media!
You'll love this one! And so will your friends!
@midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com join Post Games to talk about mothership.blog. Plus, they share a history of women in games media!
You'll love this one! And so will your friends!
Mothership and a History of Women in Games Media
A new gaming website?! In this economy?!
postgame.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I am so proud to help announce a new video game website! In the year 2026!
@midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com join Post Games to talk about mothership.blog. Plus, they share a history of women in games media!
You'll love this one! And so will your friends!
@midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com join Post Games to talk about mothership.blog. Plus, they share a history of women in games media!
You'll love this one! And so will your friends!
I feel like 90% of my followers here are bots.
If you cannot recreate the following you had on Twitter here on BlueSky or on Threads, you were being followed by bots.
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I feel like 90% of my followers here are bots.
I'm all set actually www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s ‘not intended for diagnosis or treatment.’
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I'm all set actually www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Listening to Geese and hearing viscerally what it must be like to try and listen to Radiohead if you deeply hate Thom Yorke.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Listening to Geese and hearing viscerally what it must be like to try and listen to Radiohead if you deeply hate Thom Yorke.
This is the biggest story in tech and should remain so for the foreseeable future www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Grok is undressing children — can the law stop it?
Sexualized AI images violate consent and boundaries, but legal consequences can be elusive.
www.theverge.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This is the biggest story in tech and should remain so for the foreseeable future www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
This so extraordinarily true because I am never buying a Samsung TV ever again, despite it having the best picture quality of any TV I have ever owned. I’m going to have to go LG and never looking back.
Samsung is the most True Neutral company because they create fantastic hardware and the process of interacting with any of it is pure evil.
January 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This so extraordinarily true because I am never buying a Samsung TV ever again, despite it having the best picture quality of any TV I have ever owned. I’m going to have to go LG and never looking back.
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“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
This truly, astoundingly impressive digestion of American politics and internet culture from @sarahjeong.bsky.social might just be the one 2025 year ender you really do actually need to read. www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This truly, astoundingly impressive digestion of American politics and internet culture from @sarahjeong.bsky.social might just be the one 2025 year ender you really do actually need to read. www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
Marty Supreme might be the first and perhaps only time I've ever seen Richard Brody actually like something I also liked. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Marty Supreme” ’s Megawatt Personality
In Josh Safdie’s hectic new film, Timothée Chalamet plays a gifted Ping-Pong player who’s also a born performer.
www.newyorker.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Marty Supreme might be the first and perhaps only time I've ever seen Richard Brody actually like something I also liked. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
Ripping the Band Aid off on Call of Duty’s annual release schedule has been the bane of Activision’s existence and the longer they’ve waited to do this the harder it’s going to be. They could have done it right after Covid and weathered a far worse storm. www.theverge.com/news/841290/...
Call of Duty won’t release Modern Warfare or Black Ops back-to-back anymore
“We will drive innovation that is meaningful, not incremental.”
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ripping the Band Aid off on Call of Duty’s annual release schedule has been the bane of Activision’s existence and the longer they’ve waited to do this the harder it’s going to be. They could have done it right after Covid and weathered a far worse storm. www.theverge.com/news/841290/...
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It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
Were tech / SF people always this insufferable online or is this genuinely a post-covid + AI + Elon’s twitter combination? I actually don’t know.
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Were tech / SF people always this insufferable online or is this genuinely a post-covid + AI + Elon’s twitter combination? I actually don’t know.